Why 'One Microsoft' may be better with two CEOs

Kent Sharkey

ZDNet[^]:

As Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer celebrates 14 years at the software giant's helm, a new boss is slated to land in the next few weeks. But what if there were two?

"Two can be as bad as one. It's the loneliest number since the number one"

Maximilien

There can be only one[^].

I'd rather be phishing!

Dennis E White

Why not?? It worked so well for RIM didn't it?? If Microsoft can so easily be split up and run by two CEO's then I suspect the next argument would be that the company should truly split itself and make tons of $$ for it's stockholders.

you want something inspirational??

Richard C Bishop

Kent, your one-liners after your quote from the articles kill me. I literally laugh out loud at most of them. thank you

Kent Sharkey

Dennis E White wrote:

Why not?? It worked so well for RIM didn't it??

Ouch! That's going to leave a mark.

If Microsoft can so easily be split up and run by two CEO's then I suspect the next argument would be that the company should truly split itself and make tons of $$ for it's stockholders.

I used to lean that way myself, but that would definitely put the resulting two companies at a disadvantage in a marketplace containing Google, Apple, and IBM (and others) who can merrily push OSes, dev tools, and services without government intervention.

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Kent Sharkey

And thank you! I wouldn't be doing this if I weren't amusing some people. But I'm not sharing my pay cheque. :D

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